Paris, France (WBNG Binghamton) The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings flight repeatedly sped up the plane as he used the automatic pilot to descend the A320 into the Alps, the French air accident investigation agency said Friday.

Castile, NY (WBNG Binghamton) The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced Wednesday that Letchworth State Park won the top spot in the 2015 USA TODAY Readers' Choice Award for Best State Park.

Fort Meade, Md. (WBNG Binghamton) One person was killed in a firefight that erupted Monday after a car with two people tried to ram a gate at the Fort Meade military base near a gate to the National Security Agency, according to preliminary reports cited by two U.S. officials.

Indianapolis, Ind. (WBNG Binghamton) Indiana Gov. Mike Pence defended the new state law that's garnered widespread criticism over concerns it could foster discrimination, and said Sunday it wasn't a mistake to have enacted it.